The Wild Hunt of the Ghost Hounds
by Penelope Lively
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Lexington, Missouri, United States
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Synopsis
Penelope Lively grew up in Egypt but settled in England after the war and took a degree in history at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a member of PEN and the Society of Authors. She was married to the late Professor Jack Lively, has a daughter, a son and four grandchildren, and lives in Oxfordshire and London. Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield , and again in 1984 for According to Mark . She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger . Her novels include Passing On , shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, City of the Mind , Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave . Penelope Lively has also written radio and television scripts and has acted as presenter for a BBC Radio 4 program on children's literature. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.
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- Seller
- Easy Chair Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 175052
- Title
- The Wild Hunt of the Ghost Hounds
- Author
- Penelope Lively
- Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB23 Juvenile; UPC: Original Penelope Lively The Wild Hunt of the Ghost Hounds
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